Christians persecuted in India

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      How are Christians persecuted in India?  2025

• The extreme belief that to be Indian means being Hindu has led to violent attacks against Christians across the country, and impunity for the people who perpetrate this violence.
• In places where authorities are linked with Hindu extremism, Christians who attend house churches risk attack, as extremist mobs continue to target churches, often interrupting church services. 
• Christian women are at risk of sexual violence, while men can face physical torture and mob attacks. Church leaders are particularly vulnerable, with false blasphemy charges levied against them. Many who are accused are unfairly tried and end up in prison.
• Twelve states have anti-conversion laws – purportedly to protect people from being forcibly converted, but which are frequently abused to falsely charge Christians and other religious minorities.

    Who is particularly vulnerable in India?

• Converts from Hinduism face the harshest persecution and can be pressured to return to Hinduism by family, community and extremists who conduct reconversion campaigns like Ghar Wapsi (‘homecoming’).
• The rise in persecution against tribal Christians, among those categorised as Scheduled Tribes, has increased. Hindu extremists introduced the ‘delisting campaign’ against tribal converts to strip them of their rights and privileges.
• House church leaders are also targeted by extremists with mob violence and false charges of forced conversion.

   Why are Christians persecuted in India? 2025

• Hindu extremists view all Christians as outsiders and aim to cleanse the nation of Islam and Christianity. This hostility is often driven by an ongoing Hindu nationalist belief among some extremists that all Indians ought to be Hindu – and any faith outside of Hinduism is not welcome in India.
• The ongoing ethnoreligious conflict in Manipur that began in May 2023 continues to have a strong undercurrent of religious intolerance.

Manipur India 
Future Focus Missionaries Australia Ltd

​Christian Persecution in Manipur, India: A Revised Overview In 2023
Future Focus Ministries  financially helped Indian pastors visit Manipur, a state in northeastern India.
The region experienced significant religious violence, with Christian communities suffering persecution
​while reportedly receiving inadequate government protection.
The situation in Manipur involved serious human rights concerns:

• Christians were forcibly displaced from their villages
• Homes and churches were burned down
• Some Christians faced physical violence, sexual assault, and in extreme cases, death
• Local pastors were forced to seek refuge in forests

Several organisations responded to this humanitarian crisis, including Future Focus Ministries, Aussie Aid, and C3 Church, which provided financial assistance to help displaced Christians purchase essential supplies like food and clothing, as many had lost all their possessions during the violence.
The Manipur situation represents one of the more severe examples of religious persecution faced by Christians in certain regions of India, highlighting ongoing concerns about religious freedom and minority rights in the country.